Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Primoris Renewable Energy, a business within Primoris Services Corporation’s Energy segment, provides engineering, procurement, and construction services for utility and commercial-scale solar power, energy storage, solar repower, and operations and maintenance. The Senior Project Design Lead will mentor and support design leads through utility-scale solar PV project design, oversee relationships with Engineers of Record, support contract and process development, and help ensure reliable, safe, quality, and cost-effective designs.
Responsibilities
- Providing support and guidance to other project design leads/Associate design leads as directed by manager
- Training associate design leads under managers plan to prepare them for the project design lead role
- Attend design reviews and provide comments/feedback on engineering deliverables
- Support EOR contract creation and review by facilitating review between the engineer of record and our internal team
- Support EPC contract and scope review by reviewing and suggestion changes to prime contracts and exhibits
- Support project assignments to the project design leads by helping forecast internal needs based on project pipeline
- Develop standards and processes to better streamline project design lead tasks and procedures
- Lead or track new process initiatives with project design leads and other internal team members
- Sometimes act as the main design lead for project(s)
- Ensure project designs are developed with due consideration for installation means and methods and long-term operations and maintenance of the project by others. Consult Field Operations trade specialists as necessary for requirements and recommendations
- Develops and maintains a good working relationship with clients, Engineers of Record, subcontractors, vendors, and co-workers to strengthen company position. Assists the management team in displaying and promoting the company values, tenets of success and culture, while representing the company in a professional manner
- Seek opportunities to add value to the project through the engineering design. Facilitate economic analysis/value engineering to determine cost-effective solutions and prepare written recommendations. Ensure value engineering is incorporated into future designs
- Up to 25% travel required
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Construction Management or related degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 7+ years of experience in design, design process management, or design execution
- Experience in utility-scale solar PV projects and/or renewable energy projects
- Knowledge of the engineering design process
- Field experience in the Utility scale renewable energy projects
- Ability to coordinate multiple teams of engineers
- Ability to manage multiple complex tasks across multiple projects and disciplines
- Ability to give presentations to groups of up to 10 people
- Involved with and understands 2 or more disciplines (civil, electrical, mechanical, and commissioning)
- Experience in electrical renewable field
- Experience in EPC process
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, e-mail) and Visio
- Effective communication (oral, written, presentation), motivation, and supervisory skills
- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks
Benefits
- Paid Company Holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Short Term/Long Term Disability
- 401K with matching contribution.
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